Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media - both established and emerging. 

The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions. 

Our global team of over 6,000 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today’s content experience.

A Hybrid working model

Now offices are fully open we have embraced a hybrid working model, which allows our employees to split their time between the office and other locations, something we hope will provide everyone much more flexibility to their working week. The expectation is that working life at Hogarth will involve working from the office for about 60% of the time for most people. Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team to find out more information.

What does a Commercial Finance Director do at Hogarth?

This role is based in London, but the team and responsibilities are global. You will share responsibility for the performance of a portfolio of high-profile global clients with other key client leadership team members. The role reports directly to the London based Senior Commercial Finance Director.

• You will provide commercial thought leadership and be responsible for problem solving and key decision making
• You will lead the business through the commercial landscape and help the company achieve and maintain a trajectory of profitable growth
• You will understand advertising production, help exploit new business opportunities and bring innovation to the ways of working
• You will maximize the performance of the commercial team by being a strong communicator and demonstrating integrity, positivity and motivation
• You will become part of the client leadership team(s), with FD-like responsibilities of that business that will include budgeting, P&L ownership and analysis, and working capital management
• You will formulate, document and present for approval to senior management client strategic plans, budgets, forecasts and results
• As well as developing relationships with clients directly, you will work closely with the account teams to ensure all finance related interactions with the client give the best possible outcomes
• You will take the lead role in contract preparation, renewal, modification etc. and be responsible for guiding and ensuring full contractual compliance
• You will develop pricing strategies by finding a mutually beneficial pricing solutions. You will be expected to help the account teams innovate with new business models
• Working alongside the Client Leads you prepare and present new business proposals and commercial propositions and be actively involved in the presentation of these to clients
• Our location-agnostic approach requires decision making to be globally coordinated, globally optimal and locally sympathetic. Flexibility to be available as required by the client, both in terms of timing and location is important, so some out of hours commitments and business travel will be a feature of the role
• You will define and implement process and commercial policy changes, roll these out and ensure global compliance

Requirements

Professional Experience / Capabilities

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Strong academics, intellect
• Experience of working in a Commercial Financial role
• Relevant industry / professional services / multi country experience
• Team Management
• Effective financial modelling
• Strong operational awareness

Personal skills and attributes

• Team management and leadership skills
• Ambitious and driven
• Comfortable in a dynamic environment; adaptable
• Professional. Accuracy, attention to detail
• Effective project management
• Well organised and self-starting
• Open, honest and engaged
• Change agent / challenger of status quo
• Good communicator, both oral and written

Hogarth Values

Heart and Soul: We love what we do. We bring energy and enthusiasm to all our work. We push  boundaries, we are never satisfied and always want to find a better way.

Hands on: We don’t wait for things to happen, we get on with it. We are pragmatic and don’t have an  ego. We do what it takes to get the job done to the highest standards.

Honest: We are straightforward; we speak openly and clearly. We operate with integrity and live up to  our promises.

Happy family: We enjoy working together. We look out for our colleagues. We are an eclectic bunch.  We want to work with people from many cultures and demand great things of each other. Even when  things get tough, we don’t lose perspective or our sense of humour.

Hungry: We are an inquisitive community. We want to create an environment which inspires ourselves  and others to be better. It is important to continuously challenge ourselves and our ways of working.  We aim to provide staff with the opportunities to develop and learn.

Find out more at www.hogarthww.com/culture

The Package

• 25 days holiday
• Private Medical Care (Bupa)
• Life Assurance – four times annual salary
• Pension Scheme
• One day leave on your Birthday
• Employee Assistance Programme
• WPP Group Discounts
• Travel Season Ticket Loan
• Gym Discounts
• Mortgage Advice – In partnership with Charles Cameron and Associate
• 1 Volunteering day per year

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Diversity & Inclusion

Hogarth is an equal-opportunity employer. That means we believe in creating a truly inclusive culture that values diversity, equity and inclusion for everyone through our ideas, our people, how we behave and how we conduct ourselves.  We strive to recruit people from diverse backgrounds and support them to achieve long-term success. This not only makes Hogarth a better company and place to work, but an environment where everyone can give their point of view, experience connection, enjoy opportunity and feel a sense of belonging. 

We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, marital status, military veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or physical or mental disability. As part of our commitment to making our hiring processes as equitable as possible, we are currently rolling out a policy which ensures that hiring managers review CVs only after they have been processed through an automated anonymisation system. This aims to ensure that all candidates are considered for interview based solely on their experience and what they can bring to the role. The solution, provided by MeVitae, scans and redacts CVs to reduce potential reviewer bias.

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